Letting Go: The Healing That Happens When You Stop Trying to Control Everything

Why Self-Love Feels So Hard - Reclaiming your truth, breaking conditioning, and learning to trust yourself again

In this episode, we explore why self-love and self-trust feel so difficult for so many people and how much of our struggle comes from conditioning, programming, and the pressure to fit into systems that aren’t aligned with who we truly are. We talk about the deeper patterns behind burnout, victim consciousness, and self-abandonment, and how your body, emotions, and intuitive authority are constantly guiding you back to your true path. Through the lens of Human Design, we look at how your unique energetic wiring influences decision-making, boundaries, and your ability to stay aligned with your purpose. This episode is a reminder that you are not broken—you are being called back to yourself. Featured Mentions / Resources Inner Temple Oracle Guidebook by Rebecca Campbell Card Drawn: Projections Key theme from the card: * What triggers us in others reflects what is within us * Unprocessed emotions and shadow patterns are often projected outward * Awareness and self-inquiry create healing and emotional freedom Heal Thyself Podcast with Dr. G Referenced Episode Theme: “Why Am I Here?” Key takeaway: * “When we remember who we are, we help others remember who they are.” Timeline Shift Concept Dr. Alja Podgornik * Shared teachings around timeline shifting and conscious redirection of energy * Focus on withdrawing emotional attention from undesired reality * Emphasis on choosing new possibility through awareness and focus Ready to dive into your Human Design and discover how it can help realign you to your true self and purpose? To schedule a Lifestyle Alignment Session, view more video episodes and upcoming events, join me on Substack @thealignedlifestylist This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Trusting Your Intuition

What if the answers you’ve been searching for are already within you? In this episode of The Aligned Life-Stylist Podcast, Cori sits down with psychic medium & podcaster Lori Wilson-Jewitt to explore intuition, spirit communication, and the power of trusting your inner guidance. Lori shares her journey from curiosity about the spiritual world to becoming a practicing psychic medium, while Cori dives into how Human Design helps us understand our unique gifts and life purpose. Together, they discuss spiritual awakenings, signs from loved ones, energy in homes, developing intuition, and why life’s biggest challenges are often guiding us toward greater alignment. Whether you’re deeply spiritual or just beginning to explore your own intuitive abilities, this conversation offers validation, inspiration, and a reminder that you’re never navigating life alone. Lori Wilson-Jewitt has always been deeply fascinated by the spirit world—a curiosity that eventually became her calling. As a psychic medium with over a decade of experience, she has dedicated herself to developing her intuitive gifts and strengthening her connection to Spirit every day. Through her readings, Lori provides guidance, clarity, and meaningful messages from loved ones and Spirit, helping others navigate life’s challenges and reconnect with their own inner wisdom. She is also the host of the How Do You Spirit? podcast, where she shares conversations with practitioners, healers, and spiritually-minded individuals while fostering a welcoming, supportive, and empowering spiritual community. Passionate about helping others trust their intuition and discover their unique path, Lori believes that we all have the ability to connect with something greater and live a more aligned, purposeful life. You can contact Lori for an in person or virtual Psychic Reading session here: www.HowDoYouSpirit.com [https://howdoyouspirit.com/] Learn more about the “How Do You Spirit” podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-you-spirit/id1723916584] and upcoming Psychic Fairs on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HowDoYouSpiritTeam [https://www.facebook.com/HowDoYouSpiritTeam] For more video episodes, education and upcoming events join me @ The Aligned Life-Stylist on Substack [https://substack.com/@thealignedlifestylist?utm_source=user-menu]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

You Were Meant for More

Are you living the life you were meant to live—or the life you were told you should live? In this episode of The Aligned Lifestylist Podcast, Cori explores the powerful difference between a fated life driven by external expectations and a destiny life guided by your soul’s truth. Inspired by insights from Sylvia Browne and Human Design, she shares how getting caught up in other people’s journeys, opinions, and problems can pull you away from your own purpose. You’ll learn why boundaries are essential for staying aligned, how your Human Design can help you trust your inner guidance, and why many of the struggles we face may actually be invitations to grow into who we came here to be. If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of your next step, this conversation offers a reminder to quiet the noise, trust yourself, and reconnect with the path that was always meant for you. In this episode, you’ll discover: * The difference between a fated life and a destiny life * Why getting involved in other people’s “charts” can keep you off your own path * How Human Design helps you navigate life with more ease and alignment * The role of boundaries, trust, and courage in personal growth * Questions to help you reconnect with your soul’s purpose ✨ Your soul already knows the way. The question is: Are you listening? Journal Prompts: * Which meaning, Fated Life or Destiny Life, calls out to you or resonates? * What experiences or changes is your Soul calling for that your “Fated Life” causes you to ignore? * How can you create a balance between both parts but begin creating a life around what your Soul is calling for? * What is one thing you can do today, to start working towards listening to your Inner Voice? To learn more about working with Cori or to schedule a Lifestyle Alignment Session, visit https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/ [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

From Perfectionism to Self-Love

In this heartfelt conversation*, Janette VanLeer shares her journey from depression, perfectionism, and feeling "never enough" to discovering self-love, energy healing, and spiritual connection. Together, we explore generational conditioning, breaking family patterns, intuition, muscle testing, and how embracing love can transform every area of life. If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed by expectations, or disconnected from your true self, this episode offers hope, healing, and practical tools to help you reconnect with who you were always meant to be. *Sorry for the short technical difficulty at about 5:03 - 5:35…ya’ll know I don’t edit! :) Janette VanLeer is a Transformation Coach and Energy Practitioner who helps women develop their spiritual gifts so they can recognize when fear, limiting beliefs, and their not-self are sabotaging their life so they can learn how to intuitively let their higher self lead. Her work comes down to one simple truth: every thought and feeling is rooted in either love or fear, and this awareness changes everything. Janette is also the creator of the Transformation Code — a spiritually centered modality of energy work that helps coaches and energy workers quickly get to the root of what’s really keeping themselves or their clients stuck. Not just the surface-level stuff, but the deep limiting beliefs, trapped emotions, and old patterns that most people don’t even realize are running their lives. Her goal is to help clients and students learn to let their higher self lead so they can live a more inspired, abundant, and fulfilling life. She is the mother of five, grandmother of four, and loves to play games with her husband of 38 years while they eat dinner. For more information on Transformation Code and to contact Janette you can visit her website: www.transformationenergywork.com As a special gift for listeners of The Aligned Life-Stylist Podcast, Janette is offering access to her course: MUSCLE TESTING | Your Gateway to Access the Divine Intelligence Within. Contact Janette for access. To learn more about working with Cori using Human Design or Hair Analysis you can visit her Substack Website [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/]. Schedule a Lifestyle Alignment Session [https://p.bttr.to/3H0M0PZ] and get on track to improve your health, release years of conditioning, and learn how your unique design is meant to guide your life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Letting Go: The Healing That Happens When You Stop Trying to Control Everything

In this deeply personal episode of the Aligned Life-stylist Podcast, I’m sharing some of the realizations I’ve been moving through lately around control, emotional healing, and what happens when life forces us to slow down and listen. I talk about the ways we’ve been conditioned to people-please, chase perfection, stay in jobs or situations that drain us, and ignore the quiet voice inside that’s trying to guide us toward something more aligned. I also share how physical symptoms in the body can sometimes be messages from our spirit—signs that we’re out of alignment with our truth, carrying unresolved emotions, or resisting a change we know we need to make. From journaling through grief and emotional blocks, to unexpected moments of clarity, synchronicities, Human Design, and a transformational solo trip to the ocean, this episode is really an invitation to pause and ask yourself: * What am I trying so hard to control? * Where am I stuck because I’m afraid to let go? * What would happen if I actually trusted myself and my higher power? If you’ve been feeling exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or like you’re living on autopilot, this conversation will remind you that healing isn’t just physical—it’s emotional, spiritual, and energetic too. This episode is for anyone ready to stop surviving, reconnect with their soul, and begin creating a life that truly feels aligned. If you’re near Oceanside, go check out the Mystic Soul Ritual Shop [https://www.mysticsoulritualshop.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo1IlHJiYaJbIOnBh7wPsq_Dtt_vDkKz62X4eqxDlnhPbmF4QUa]! If you’re ready for a new Oracle Deck: The Inner Temple Oracle [https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Temple-Oracle-44-Card-Guidebook/dp/1788173252/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uTKZm8Rivk6ZUAmeHOJY4F1SCR31Ng4TrGqBZWnyZkVf5jRy31EC3d4-Ueb8RBVTPPm6s-X51kq_6DAcEpMfZmXAXTYKGv6Lat3_2-B_oAD36nBGOeA5H9EeUpvM4O4sFnYCc_ahLGTf214Z_jP44CycHPPRoE4oWrZpvBPkl_uorT7EgDeqymmiElcLJeghdljmbkALs_EHww4-_hXWichpRoMD6wUWQ7xDuHFU0L8.W4bX9bvtC32M15F8aCjNZfSlpISOuKu1rXWrOEcnr98&dib_tag=se&keywords=inner+temple+oracle&qid=1779910826&sr=8-1] For information on Human Design or Epigenetic Hair Analysis visit my website, The Aligned Life-Stylist. [https://www.coribhealth.com/] For upcoming events, education join me on Substack [https://substack.com/@thealignedlifestylist?utm_source=user-menu]The Aligned Life-Stylist [https://substack.com/profile/415694851-the-aligned-life-stylist] Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe [https://thealignedlifestylist.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]